Car-coupling



(No Model.) l E. J. BRUTON.

GAR GGUPLING.

No. 247,742. Patented Oct. 4,1881.

WITNESSES v Liv VENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND J. BRUTON,OF WADEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,742, dated October 4, 1881.

Application filed August 10, 1881. (N o model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDMOND J. BRUTON, of Wadeville, in the county of Montgomery and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar- Couplings; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full` clear, and exact description ofthein\'ention,which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a front view of a car equipped with my improved coupling. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the coupling, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan.

Corresponding parts in the. several gures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to automatic car-couplings; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents the draw-head, which is secured in the usual manner under the end of the car. The said draw-head consists of two horizontal sections, B C, the upper one of which, B, is permanently secured under the car, while the latter section, C, is hinged to section B in such a manner thatits front end may swing or move in a vertical arc, as shown.

The draw-head is provided with a flaring or funnelsh aped mouth, D, inside which is formed au annular Harige or shoulder, E, the front side of which is slanting,while the rear side is vertical or abrupt, as clearly indicated in Fig'. 2 of the drawings.

The lower section, C, of the draw-head is held and supported in contact with the VLipper section hy means of a bail, F, hinged or pivoted under the car and having-its front end connected by a pivoted rod, Gr, with a lever, H, arranged upon the front end of the car or platform. This lever H must be made of steel or otherV material sufficiently elastic to enable the jaws of the draw-head to be forced apart by the head of the coupling-rod when the cars are to be coupled. The outer end of the elastic lever H is retained in position by a lever or catch, I, pivoted near the outer edge of the car.

J is the coupling-rod, which consists of a stem, K, provided at each end with a coneshaped head, L.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. -It is simple, durable,'and automatic in operation.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and. desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination, with the draw-head consisting of the hinged jaws or sections B C, of the bail F, elastic lever H, connectingrod G, pivoted catch I, and the coupling-rod J, having cone-shaped beads L, all as herein described, for the purpose shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my-signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMOND J. BRUTON.

Witnesses:

W. T. WADE, GEORGE W. BRUTON. 

